Digital Realty Trust Inc. (DLR): Today's Featured Financial Laggard

Digital Realty was a leading decliner within the financial sector, falling $1.05 (-1.6%) to $63.53 on average volume
By TheStreet Wire ,

Digital Realty

(

DLR

) pushed the Financial sector lower today making it today's featured Financial laggard. The sector as a whole closed the day up 0.2%. By the end of trading, Digital Realty fell $1.05 (-1.6%) to $63.53 on average volume. Throughout the day, 1,522,787 shares of Digital Realty exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1,722,100 shares. The stock ranged in price between $63.04-$64.39 after having opened the day at $64.32 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $64.58. Other companies within the Financial sector that declined today were:

Owens Realty Mortgage

(

ORM

), down 10.4%,

Bank Bradesco

(

BBDO

), down 9.1%,

Unico American Corporation

(

UNAM

), down 7.4% and

NB&T Financial Group

(

NBTF

), down 7.1%.

Digital Realty Trust, Inc., a real estate investment trust (REIT), through its controlling interest in Digital Realty Trust, L.P., engages in the ownership, acquisition, development, redevelopment, and management of technology-related real estate. Digital Realty has a market cap of $7.9 billion and is part of the real estate industry. Shares are down 9.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are 7 analysts that rate Digital Realty a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 7 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Digital Realty

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, reasonable valuation levels, good cash flow from operations and increase in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity.

On the positive front,

Altis Resident

(

RESI

), up 16.4%,

Republic Bancorp

(

RBCAA

), up 14.2%,

Millennium India Acquisition Corporation

(

SMCG

), up 12.0% and

QIWI PLC ADR

(

QIWI

), up 10.7% , were all gainers within the financial sector with

Citigroup

(

C

) being today's featured financial sector leader.

For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the financial sector could consider

Financial Select Sector SPDR

(

XLF

) while those bearish on the financial sector could consider

Proshares Short Financials

(

SEF

).

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